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Petar Kozjak

I build and run technology companies. These days, I fix how finance teams plan.

CEO of Ascendo, FP&A transformation advisor and Farseer partner. Twenty-five years in software, from developer to country head, based in Zagreb.

Petar Kozjak

What I do today

In 2026 I took over Ascendo, an FP&A consulting firm and Farseer implementation partner. We help mid-market and enterprise finance teams move from manual Excel planning to connected, real-time planning: the same outcome as the big enterprise tools, without the enterprise cost and pain. Based in Zagreb, working across CEE, Benelux, the UK and the Nordics.

  • Planning and forecasting transformation
  • P&L, cash flow and balance sheet modelling
  • Delta-analysis workshops and EPM implementations

Where this comes from

I started as a developer, built an agency from scratch, sold it, ran it as part of a listed European group, then led a country operation for a global engineering company. Along the way I’ve sold, hired, delivered and fixed enough projects to know where finance transformations fail: usually in the data and the discipline, not the software.

Petar Kozjak sitting by an office window

Experience

  1. 2026 – now

    Ascendo Owner & CEO

    FP&A transformation consulting, Farseer implementation partner.

  2. May – Oct 2026

    Farseer FP&A Transformation Consultant

    Six months inside the planning platform vendor before taking over Ascendo as its partner.

  3. 2024 – now

    Endora Invest Founder

    Holding company for my investments and grant-funded projects.

  4. 2022 – 2026

    EPAM Systems Country Head, Croatia

    Led the Croatian operation after EPAM acquired Emakina.

  5. 2015 – 2021

    Emakina.HR Managing Director

    Microsoft .NET, Dynamics and Kentico competency centre within Emakina Group (Euronext-listed).

  6. 2007 – 2015

    Endora Co-founder

    IT agency with clients across Europe, the US, Australia and Africa. Acquired by Emakina in 2015.

  7. 2001 – 2007

    Type 4 Co-founder

    First custom CMS, Flash era.